It’s probably fair to say that most of us are guilty of suggesting “going down ‘Spoons” every now and then for a cheap pint or Curry Club (too soon to mention Steak Club?).

But how much do you know about the name behind your local Wetherspoon pub?

We've collated them all – 22 of them in Notts – from Old Market Square to Worksop.

So order yourself a pint, sit down, relax and enjoy.

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The Roebuck Inn, St James’s Street

JD Wetherspoon's Roebuck Inn on St James' Street.

The pub was actually named in honour of a former inn (called The Roebuck) which was knocked down to make way for the Malt Cross Music Hall opposite, when it was built in 1877.

The Joseph Else, Old Market Square

The Joseph Else Wetherspoon pub, Market Square (Image: Angela Ward)

This one’s named after the Nottingham-born principal of the city’s School of Art. This chap was also responsible for one of our most famous meeting points, the lions which guard the Council House entrance.

The Gooseberry Bush, Peel Street

Plaque affixed to the entrance of The Gooseberry Bush

Built in 1984, it is named after the place where babies are said to be found – and built on part of the Nottingham Women’s Hospital site.

OK, here’s the one dull name in the bunch. But it does have an interesting history. In 1964, Mr Gregory’s house was built here and in 1810, Ichabod Wright moved part of his bank into part of the Gregory mansion. In 1860 a new banking house was built but was later taken over by Lloyd’s after Wright’s bank was absorbed by the Capital and Counties Bank. The building became Lloyds No.1 bar following the bank’s closure in 1995.

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This pub quite simply takes its name from the Trent Navigation Company, which built the former warehouse on the bank of the Nottingham Canal.

The Samuel Hall, The Old Bus Depot, Mansfield Road, Sherwood

The Samuel Hall in Mansfield Road (Image: Angela Ward)

Nottingham is well known for its lace making, dating back to the days of the British Empire and in 1825, lace manufacturer Samuel Hall purchased land in Sherwood. Hall laid out Sherwood’s first streets and later sold his land for the first houses to be built. As well as having a pub named after him years later, nearby Hall Street is also named after him.

In the Domesday Book, compiled for William the Conqueror in 1086, it was recorded that Bulwell comprised around 240 acres of land which belonged to the manor of William Peverel. The first Nottingham Castle was built by Peverel.

Rushcliffe

The Trent Bridge Inn, Radcliffe Road, West Bridgford

The Trent Bridge Inn (Image: Mark Lee)

An 1838 town map of the area indicates that it was occupied by Samuel Chapman and an inn by the name of The Three Horse Shoes and Crown, which later became known as the Trent Bridge Inn. William Clarke, the landlord of The Bell Inn in Angel Row, married the landlady of the TBI, moved in and, of course, founded the world famous cricket ground.

Facing the Butter Cross that dominates the market place is the former Crown Inn. The Butter Cross was built in 1861, designed by Nottinghamshire architect TC Hine in memory of John Hassall, a land agent for the Earl of Chesterfield, who died in 1859.

Gedling

Carlton gained its name from Anglo-Saxons who settled in the area around 600AD. The Anglo-Saxon word for a freeman is “Coerl” and “ton” or “tun” means an enclosed settlement. The early settlement was recorded as “Carentune” or “Karleton”.

The Woodthorpe Top, Woodthorpe Drive, Mapperley

The Woodthorpe Top, Mapperley Top (Image: Dan Matthams)

The Woodthorpe Top is on the Woodthorpe Drive and Woodborough Road junction in Mapperley’s town centre. In 1921, the estate was acquired by Nottingham City Council and was converted into Woodthorpe Park.

In the 13th century, the first Stapleford Hall was built and in 1753, this was where Sir John Borlase Warren was born. Having joined the navy in 1771, he worked his way through the ranks to become admiral in 1810. As well as being in the navy, he was also a politician and diplomat. He was an MP for Nottingham from 1796 to 1806.

The Lady Chatterley, Nottingham Road, Eastwood

The Lady Chatterley, in Eastwood (Image: Joseph Raynor)

Novelist DH Lawrence was born in Eastwood in 1885 and the town features in much of his work. His most famous, and most controversial, novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover was published in 1928 and Lawrence used the name of local colliery agent and former mayor of Eastwood, George Chatterley, for the novel’s characters.

Ashfield

The Pilgrim Oak, High Street, Hucknall

The Pilgrim Oak pub

This Wetherspoon pub is named after the famous Pilgrim Oak, a tree which once stood outside Newstead Abbey.

Before becoming a pub, the building was a cinema, bingo and social club, and a nightclub. It was in 1932 the pub was built as the King’s Cinema, which closed in 1967 to then reopen as the Star Bingo and Social Club which lasted until the 1990s.

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Wow you wouldn't miss this pattern would you? Which Wetherspoons have you seen it in?

Mansfield

Up until 1994, the eldest part of this site had been known as the Stag and Pheasant, built in 1912 replacing a pub of the same name which had been in trade on this area of the site since the early 1800s.

Bassetlaw

Worksop’s jewel in the crown is its priory church, where liquorice was grown in the gardens for medicinal purposes. Worksop was well known for its liquorice industry until around 1750.

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